THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TEACHERS’ HAPPINESS AT WORK AND EFFECTIVENESS OF SCHOOLS AFFILIATED WITH SUANKULARBWITTAYALAI UNDER THE OFFICE OF THE BASIC EDUCATION COMMISSION

Abstract

The aims of this research were to: 1) study the level of teachers’ happiness at work in schools affiliated with Suankularb Wittayalai; 2) study the effectiveness of schools affiliated with Suankularb Wittayalai; 3) study the relationship between the teachers’ happiness at work and the effectiveness of the schools affiliated with Suankularb Wittayalai; 4) study the teachers’ happiness at work affecting the effectiveness of schools affiliated with Suankularb Wittayalai; and 5) create the predictive equation for school effectiveness.
The sample group consisted of 278 teachers in schools affiliated with Suankularb Wittayalai, obtained by proportionate sampling method. The research instruments were questionnaires constructed by the researcher with the content validity between 0.60 and 1.00.
The reliability coefficients of the questionnaire were 0.91 for teachers’ happiness at work and 0.93 for school effectiveness. Data were analyzed with mean, standard deviation, correlation coefficients, and stepwise multiple regression.

The findings of this research were as follows:

1) Overall and in specific aspect, the teachers’ happiness at work in schools affiliated with Suankularb Wittayalai was at a high level.

2) Overall and in specific aspect, the effectiveness of schools affiliated with Suankularb Wittayalai was at a high level.

3) Overall the teachers’ happiness at work had positive relationship with the effectiveness of schools affiliated with Suankularb Wittayalai at a high level with statistical significance level of .01.

4) The teachers’ happiness at work affected the effectiveness of schools affiliated with Suankularb Wittayalai with statistical significance level of .01.

5) The teachers’ happiness at work in the aspects of connection (X₁), love of work (X₂), and recognition (X₄) together predicted the effectiveness of schools affiliated with Suankularb Wittayalai at 53.20 percent with statistical significance of .01. The regression analysis equation was: Ŷ = .405 + .443 (X₁) + .252 (X₂) + .133 (X₄).